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G1565 ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos)
Greek
Demonstrative pronoun
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Quick Definition

that, that one there, yonder

Strong's Definition

that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

Derivation: from G1563 (ἐκεῖ);

KJV Usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνῃ, ἐκεῖνο (from ἐκεῖ, properly, the one there, cf. German dortig,derdort), demonstrative pronoun, that man, woman, thing (Latinille,illa,illud); properly of persons, things, times, places somewhat remote from the speaker. 1. used absolutely, a. in antithesis, referring to the more remote subject: opposed to οὗτος, Luk_18:14; Jas_4:15; ὑμῖν ... ἐκείνοις, Mat_13:11; Mar_4:11; ἐκεῖνοι ... ἡμεῖς, Heb_12:25; ἄλλοι ... ἄλλοι ... ἐκεῖνος, Joh_9:9; ἐκεῖνον ... ἐμέ, Joh_3:30; οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ... ἐκεῖνος δέ, Joh_2:20 f; ὁ μέν κύριος Ἰησοῦς (R G T omit Ἰησοῦς WH Tr marginal reading brackets) ... ἐκεῖνοι δέ, Mar_16:19 f, etc. b. of noted persons (as in classic Greek): in a bad sense, that notorious man, Joh_7:11; Joh_9:28; in a good sense of the Lord Jesus, 1Jn_2:6; 1Jn_3:3; 1Jn_3:5; 1Jn_3:7; 1Jn_3:16; 1Jn_4:17; of the Holy Spirit, with an apposition added, ἐκεῖνος, τό πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, Joh_16:13. c. referring to a noun immediately preceding, he, she, it, (Latinis,ea,id, German selbiger): Joh_7:45; Joh_5:46; Mar_16:11; Act_3:13, etc.; cf. Winers Grammar, § 23, 1; (Buttmann, 104 (91). Here perhaps may be noticed its use together with αὐτός of the same subject in the same sentence: ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ' αὐτοῦ (i. e. the devil) εἰς τό ἐκείνου θέλημα, 2Ti_2:26; cf. Thucydides 1, 132, 6; 4, 29, 3; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 20; see Riddell, the Apology of Plato, Appian, § 49; Kühner, § 467, 12; cf. ζωγρέω 2); equivalent to an emphatic (German er) he, etc., Mat_17:27; Joh_1:8; Joh_5:43; Tit_3:7; equivalent to the forcibly uttered German der (that one etc.), in which sense it serves to recall and lay stress upon nouns just before used (cf. our resumptive the same; Winer's Grammar, § 23, 4): Joh_1:18; Joh_5:39; Joh_12:48; Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; especially is it thus resumptive of a subject expressed participially (Buttmann, 306 (262f)): Mar_7:15 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the pronoun), Mar_7:20; Joh_1:33; Joh_9:37 (ἐκεῖνος ἐστιν, namely, ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, see εἰμί, II. 5); Joh_10:1; Joh_14:21; Rom_14:14; 2Co_10:18; (Xenophon, Cyril 6, 2, 33 ὁ γάρ λογχην ἀκονων, ἐκεῖνος καί τήν ψυχήν τί παρακονα). d. followed by ὅτι, Mat_24:43; followed by ὅς, Joh_13:26; Rom_14:15. 2. joined with nouns, and then the noun with the article either precedes, or (somewhat more rarely) follows it (Winers Grammar, 162 (153)) (Buttmann, 119f (104f)); a. in contrasts: ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνῃ, Heb_8:7. b. used to distinguish accurately from others the things or the persons spoken of, (German selbig): Mat_7:25; Mat_7:27; Mat_10:15; Mat_18:32; Mar_3:24; Luk_6:48; Joh_18:15, and often; especially of Time and of time past: ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, δΘδΕν αΗΜιΘξΔιν, at that time which has been spoken of; said of time which the writer either cannot or will not define more precisely and yet wishes to be connected with the time of the events just narrated: Mat_3:1; Mar_1:9; Mar_8:1; Luk_2:1 (Exo_2:11; Jdg_18:1; 1Sa_28:1); cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 106f; at the time under consideration: Luk_4:2; Luk_9:36; the same phrase is used of time future: Mat_24:19; Act_2:18 (from Joe_2:29 ()); Rev_9:6; likewise in the singular, ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρα, Luk_17:31; Joh_16:23; Joh_16:26. But the solemn phrase ἐκείνῃ ἡ ἡμέρα, or ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνῃ, simply sets future time in opposition to the present, that fateful day, that decisive day, when the Messiah will come to judge: Mat_7:22; Luk_6:23; Luk_10:12; 2Th_1:10; 2Ti_1:12; 2Ti_1:18; Rev_16:14 (where L T Tr WH omit ἐκείνης); so in the phrase ὁ αἰών ἐκεῖνος, Luk_20:35. 3. ἐκείνης (in Rec. δἰ ἐκείνης), scil. ὁδοῦ, adverbially, (by) that way: Luk_19:4; Winers Grammar, § 64, 5; (Buttmann, 171 (149); see ποῖος, at the end). John's use of the pronoun ἐκεῖνος is discussed by Steitz in the Studien und Kritiken for 1859, p. 497ff; 1861, p. 267ff, and by Alex. Buttmann, ibid. 1860, p. 505ff and in Hilgenfeld's Zeitsch. für wissenschaftl. Theol. 1862, p. 204ff; Buttmann clearly proves in opposition to Steitz that John's usage deviates in no respect from the Greek; Steitz, however, resorts to psychological considerations in the case of Joh_19:35 (regarding ἐκεῖνος there as expressing the writer's inward assurance. But Steitz is now understood to have modified his published views.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκεῖνος ekeinos 265x demonstrative adjective or noun, that, this, he, etc., Mat_17:27 ; Mat_10:14 ; 2Ti_4:8 ; in contrast with οὗτος , referring to the former of two things previously mentioned, Luk_18:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος , -η , -ο ( < ἐκεῖ ), [in LXX chiefly for H1931 , and cogn . forms;] demonstr. prop ., that person or thing (ille), implying remote\-ness as compared with οὗτος (hic); 1. absol. , emphatic he, she, it: opp . to οὗτος , Luk_18:14 , Jas_4:15 ; ἡμεῖς , Heb_12:25 ; ὑμεῖς , Mat_13:11 , Mar_4:11 ; ἄλλοι , Joh_9:9 ; ἐγώ , Joh_3:30 ; to persons named, Mar_16:10 ; Mar_16:13 ; Mar_16:20 , Joh_2:21 ; of one (absent) who is not named, contemptuously ( Abbott, JG , §§ 2385, 2732), Joh_7:11 ; Joh_9:28 ; with respect, of Christ, 1Jn_2:6 ; 1Jn_3:3 , al. ; referring to a preceding noun, Mar_16:10 , Joh_7:45 ; resumption of a participial subject, Joh_1:33 ; Joh_9:37 ; Joh_10:1 , Rom_14:14 , al. (on its reference in Joh_19:35 , v. Westc ., in l ; Moffatt , Intr., 568; Sanday, Fourth Gospel, 77 ff .). 2. As adj. , joined, like οὗτος , to a noun with the article: Mat_7:25 , Mar_3:24 , Joh_18:15 , al. ; esp . of time, past or future: ἐν τ . ἡμέραις ἐ ., Mat_3:1 , Mar_1:9 , Act_2:18 ( LXX ), al. ; ἐν ἐ . τ . ἡμέρα , esp of the Parousia, Mat_7:22 , Luk_6:23 , 2Th_1:10 , 2Ti_1:12 ; adverbially, ἐκεινής ( sc . ὁδοῦ ) = cl . ἐκεινῇ (B1., § 36, 13), that way, Luk_19:4 .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐκεῖνος [page 194] See s.v. αὐτός , and cf. Proleg. p. 91.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος [Etym: in attic strengthd. ἐκεινοσί] [Etym: ἐκεῖ] Demonstr. Pron.: "the person there, that person or thing", Hom. , etc.: when οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος refer to two things before mentioned, ἐκεῖνος, "ille", belongs to "the more remote", i. e. "the former", οὗτος, "hic", to "the nearer", i. e. "the latter." like "ille", to denote well-known persons, ἐκεῖνος Θουκυδίδης Ar. with demonstr. force, Ἶρος ἐκεῖνος ἧσται Irus sits "there", Od. in attic the Subst. with ἐκεῖνος properly has the Article, and ἐκεῖνος may precede or follow the Subst., ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ: when the Art. is omitted in Prose, ἐκεῖνος follows the Subst., νῆες ἐκεῖναι Thuc. adv. ἐκείνως, "in that way, in that case", id=Thuc. dat. fem. ἐκείνῃ as adv., of Place (sub. ὁδῷ), "there, at that place, on that road", Hdt. , Thuc. of Manner, "in that manner", Plat. , etc. with Preps., ἐξ ἐκείνου from "that time", Xen. ; so, ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου Luc. : κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνα in "that place, there", Xen. : μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνα "afterwards", Thuc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο (ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ;] demonstr. pron., that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic); __1. absol., emphatic he, she, it: opposite to οὗτος, Luk.18:14, Jas.4:15; ἡμεῖς, Heb.12:25; ὑμεῖς, Mrk.4:11; ἄλλοι, Jhn.9:9; ἐγώ, Jhn.3:30; to persons named, Mk 16:[10, 13, 20], Jhn.2:21; of one (absent) who is not named, contemptuously (Abbott, JG, §§2385, 2732), Jhn.7:11 9:28; with respect, of Christ, 1Jo.2:6 3:3, al.; referring to a preceding noun, Mrk.16:[10], Jhn.7:45; resumption of a participial subject, Jhn.1:33 9:37 10:1, Rom.14:14, al. (on its reference in Jhn.19:35, see Westc, in l.; Moffatt, Intr., 568; Sanday, Fourth Gospel, 77ff.). __2. As adj., joined, like οὗτος, to a noun with the article: Mat.7:25, Mrk.3:24, Jhn.18:15, al.; esp. of time, past or future: ἐν τ. ἡμέραις ἐ., Mat.3:1, Mrk.1:9, Act.2:18" (LXX), al.; ἐν ἐ. τ. ἡμέρᾳ, esp of the Parousia, Mat.7:22, Luk.6:23, 2Th.1:10, 2Ti.1:12; adverbially, ἐκεινής (sc. ὁδοῦ) = cl. ἐκεινῇ (Bl., §36, 13), that way, Luk.19:4. (AS)

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